Gloria Gene Myers

Gloria was born August 10, 1931 in Portland, Oregon to Jewel and Anna (Bailey) Bowen. She was the second child of three with an older sister Jincy, a chef, and a younger brother James, a physician.

Gloria's ancestors came to Oregon in the 1840s over the Oregon Trail. Her great-grandfather John Bailey was one of the three original settlers in Eugene, Oregon. Another notable ancestor, John George Bergstresser, came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1731. He was alone and 13 1/2 years old. Gloria's direct ancestors fought in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A Bergstresser family member was the third unnamed founder of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Her father Jewel was a logger in Oregon and a pile driver in the building of the Bonneville Dam. Her mother Anna was a professional cook and was highly sought after among the logging camps in Oregon. Anna's pies were famous.

Gloria was raised in the Portland area in rural settings, gardening and raising animals with her family. She helped build more than one of the family homes from the ground up, nailing and carrying hod as a young teenager. She worked in the fields picking strawberries, raspberries, beans and hops. When she first started she made one penny a pound picking raspberries and was the fastest picker in the field. She earned over $53 in 3 1/2 weeks!

Gloria graduated from high school at Portland Union Academy. Shortly after that she moved to downtown Portland, working as a clerical stenographer for Dun & Bradstreet. Her fingers were a fast and accurate 120 words per minute. Before the age of copy machines she was a treasure to her employers. She typed reports on businesses and laid her foundation for knowing how businesses work.

She married Robert Sapp in 1951. They met at Tabernacle SDA church in Portland, Oregon. Only 11 days after their first date they married in a private ceremony. It was a short courtship but a long and happy marriage until Bob's death in 1993.

Together Gloria and Bob founded the House of Health Wholesale Company, wholesaling health food products to grocery and health food stores for a number of years. They loved Jesus and used their business as a way to share the love of God. Bob decided to become a literature evangelist and Gloria supported his colporteur work in Portland, Seattle, Boston and New York. She handled the business end of marketing, scheduling and finances while he did the sales work. Through their efforts Bob was honored as the second highest salesperson in North America. Eventually they returned to Portland and started selling real estate together, working at Lucky Realty starting in 1965.

Gloria founded and owned Sapp's Realty from 1971 through 1996. Those were fulfilling and hectic years. She had a staff of up to 38 salespeople at a time and sold thousands of homes. Gloria and Bob also spoke with many interested people about God's love and their heavenly homes while serving them to find their homes in Oregon and Washington.

Gloria pursued other business ventures. As a Cambridge Counselor for Cambridge Plan International she received the Excalibur Award, the highest award given by the company. It is a high honor, given to less than 0.1% of the 300,000 worldwide counselors. She was also a field trainer and sales manager for Fuller Brush, receiving awards there as well. Until the time of her passing Gloria continued to be sought after as a sales person for multiple businesses.

In 1995 Gloria married David Myers. In retirement she continued to work in various business ventures as well as supporting Dave in his sales work. They spent leisure time traveling to observe scenery in the Pacific Northwest, touring gardens, buying local fruit and bringing it to family and friends. Their biggest adventures together were out enjoying God's beauty. They also spent a lot of time sharing Jesus with others. David preceded Gloria in death in 2021.

Gloria was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from age 14. She became interested in spiritual things at a young age and was looking for a church community. Her mother, who was not a church member, suggested the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pioneers of the Bailey family had attended Seventh-day Adventist tent meetings in a field and Gloria's mother recognized the church as the place to be. Many of Gloria's family became Seventh-day Adventist worshipers of God through her life and testimony. At the time of her death Gloria was an active member of the Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Gloria approached everything in life with strong determination and zeal. There is no doubt she was a force to be reckoned with. She was more than a hobbyist gardener, growing up to an acre in vegetables while continuing her businesses. She was an inveterate gleaner, finding fruit everywhere. For example, when the I-205 was being built she gleaned fruit from the trees that were left in the empty land waiting for the freeway to be placed. Those same vegetables and fruit were canned with the same zeal. Hundreds of jars filled a huge pantry. She slowed down some in her last years but still had a container garden larger than most people's regular garden.

Being raised in a cooking family, Gloria was a fabulous cook. She studied nutrition and looked for healthy ways to make wonderful things to eat. She entertained large groups in her home for years. It was not unusual to have fifteen or twenty people visiting once a week or more enjoying her tasty meals and sharing time together. In her later years she loved potlucks and always contributed enough food for a large gathering. She wanted to study medicine in her early life and devoted that interest to knowing as much as she could about the human body and what would help to make it healthy.

Gloria loved to sing. She sang at her wedding and continued to sing at church and home. Her last public song was December 25, 2021 in church, just days before she was hospitalized. She will be singing in heaven we are sure.

She is survived by her immediate family, children Ameryllis (Bob) Cafferky and Robert Sapp, Jr., her grandchildren, Michael and Rachel, one great-granddaughter, Gloria, and her brother, James Bowen, MD. Included in her survivors are the children that David brought with him to the marriage, Lorelea Myers and Lisa Myers. There are also multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought into her family by marriage.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.AdvantageGateway.com for the family.

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Gloria Gene (Bowen) Myers, age 90, of Portland, Oregon passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022.

Gloria was born August 10, 1931 in Portland, Oregon to Jewel and Anna (Bailey) Bowen. She was the third child of four. An older brother died in infancy. She also had an older sister Jincy, a chef, and a younger brother James, a physician.

Gloria's ancestors came to Oregon in the 1840s over the Oregon Trail. Her great-grandfather John Bailey was one of the three original settlers in Eugene, Oregon. Another notable ancestor, John George Bergstresser, came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1731. He was alone and 13 1/2 years old. Gloria's direct ancestors fought in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. A Bergstresser family member was the third unnamed founder of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Her father Jewel was a logger in Oregon and a pile driver in the building of the Bonneville Dam. Her mother Anna was a professional cook and was highly sought after among the logging camps in Oregon. Anna's pies were famous.

Gloria was raised in the Portland area in rural settings, gardening and raising animals with her family. She helped build more than one of the family homes from the ground up, nailing and carrying hod as a young teenager. She worked in the fields picking strawberries, raspberries, beans and hops. When she first started she made one penny a pound picking raspberries and was the fastest picker in the field. She earned over $53 in 3 1/2 weeks!

Gloria graduated from high school at Portland Union Academy. Shortly after that she moved to downtown Portland, working as a clerical stenographer for Dun & Bradstreet. Her fingers were a fast and accurate 120 words per minute. Before the age of copy machines she was a treasure to her employers. She typed reports on businesses and laid her foundation for knowing how businesses work.

She married Robert Sapp in 1951. They met at Tabernacle SDA church in Portland, Oregon. Only 11 days after their first date they married in a private ceremony. It was a short courtship but a long and happy marriage until Bob's death in 1993.

Together Gloria and Bob founded the House of Health Wholesale Company, wholesaling health food products to grocery and health food stores for a number of years. They loved Jesus and used their business as a way to share the love of God. Bob decided to become a literature evangelist and Gloria supported his colporteur work in Portland, Seattle, Boston and New York. She handled the business end of marketing, scheduling and finances while he did the sales work. Through their efforts Bob was honored as the second highest salesperson in North America. Eventually they returned to Portland and started selling real estate together, working at Lucky Realty starting in 1965.

Gloria founded and owned Sapp's Realty from 1971 through 1996. Those were fulfilling and hectic years. She had a staff of up to 38 salespeople at a time and sold thousands of homes. Gloria and Bob also spoke with many interested people about God's love and their heavenly homes while serving them to find their homes in Oregon and Washington.

Gloria pursued other business ventures. As a Cambridge Counselor for Cambridge Plan International she received the Excalibur Award, the highest award given by the company. It is a high honor, given to less than 0.1% of the 300,000 worldwide counselors. She was also a field trainer and sales manager for Fuller Brush, receiving awards there as well. Until the time of her passing Gloria continued to be sought after as a sales person for multiple businesses.

In 1995 Gloria married David Myers. In retirement she continued to work in various business ventures as well as supporting Dave in his sales work. They spent leisure time traveling to observe scenery in the Pacific Northwest, touring gardens, buying local fruit and bringing it to family and friends. Their biggest adventures together were out enjoying God's beauty. They also spent a lot of time sharing Jesus with others. David preceded Gloria in death in 2021.

Gloria was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from age 14. She became interested in spiritual things at a young age and was looking for a church community. Her mother, who was not a church member, suggested the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pioneers of the Bailey family had attended Seventh-day Adventist tent meetings in a field and Gloria's mother recognized the church as the place to be. Many of Gloria's family became Seventh-day Adventist worshipers of God through her life and testimony. At the time of her death Gloria was an active member of the Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Gloria approached everything in life with strong determination and zeal. There is no doubt she was a force to be reckoned with. She was more than a hobbyist gardener, growing up to an acre in vegetables while continuing her businesses. She was an inveterate gleaner, finding fruit everywhere. For example, when the I-205 was being built she gleaned fruit from the trees that were left in the empty land waiting for the freeway to be placed. Those same vegetables and fruit were canned with the same zeal. Hundreds of jars filled a huge pantry. She slowed down some in her last years but still had a container garden larger than most people's regular garden.

Being raised in a cooking family, Gloria was a fabulous cook. She studied nutrition and looked for healthy ways to make wonderful things to eat. She entertained large groups in her home for years. It was not unusual to have fifteen or twenty people visiting once a week or more enjoying her tasty meals and sharing time together. In her later years she loved potlucks and always contributed enough food for a large gathering. She wanted to study medicine in her early life and devoted that interest to knowing as much as she could about the human body and what would help to make it healthy.

Gloria loved to sing. She sang at her wedding and continued to sing at church and home. Her last public song was December 25, 2021 in church, just days before she was hospitalized. She will be singing in heaven we are sure.

She is survived by her immediate family, children Ameryllis (Bob) Cafferky and Robert Sapp, Jr., her grandchildren, Michael and Rachel, one great-granddaughter, Gloria, and her brother, James Bowen, MD. Included in her survivors are the children that David brought with him to the marriage, Lorelea Myers and Lisa Myers. There are also multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought into her family by marriage.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.AdvantageGateway.com for the family.